Month: April 2006

  • TODAY: Out of the classroom…

    … and onto the Web – how GP teachers engage students AT the blog “The General Paper” (generalpaper.wordpress.com), Victoria Junior College (www.vjc.moe.edu.sg) teacher Hoe Gim Yau points students to Internet articles relevant to the A level General Paper (GP) subject, telling them that they should practise leaving comments on the entries posted there. And why…

  • What’s eating Doctor Cow

    If it’s tasty, say Mmmmmmmmm, not Mooooooo… “Emergency – paging Dr. Cow – Emergency Doctor I’ve got this feeling Deep inside of me deep inside of me. I just can’t control my feet When I hear the beat when I hear the beat. Hey doctor could you give me something To ease the pain to…

  • War’s over, dude!

    Winner Collection Items, Roxy Square, Katong “Do not forget the unforgettable! Do not forgive the unforgivable!” It’s 1.50pm and ‘Winner Collection Items’ at Roxy Square’s still not open. It’s a shop chock-full of old photo-prints and other collectibles which may not interest everyone – probably why it isn’t open at lunch time. (Or maybe the…

  • Menotti doesn’t serve water

    Well, they’re not the only establishment with the no-plain-water policy, I’m sure. But woe betide the ones I patronise that don’t serve me a free glass of water after I’ve had a lobster linguine and a double espresso. To hell with your Panna sparkling mineral water! I dowan! Will you give me a glass of…

  • Singapore Dreaming

    President Nathan say good! Usually, when you watch a Singapore-made film, you watch it as if you’d look at a school project, appreciating the effort put into the project. Colin Goh & his wife Yen Yen’s Singapore Dreaming didn’t quite afford the same behaviour. Because it was a very good film. I was drawn into…